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Society's Perpetuation Of Oppression, Julianne Hewitt
Society's Perpetuation Of Oppression, Julianne Hewitt
English Department: Traveling American Modernism (ENG 366, Fall 2018)
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Society's Perpetuation Of Oppression, Julianne Hewitt
Society's Perpetuation Of Oppression, Julianne Hewitt
English Department: Traveling American Modernism (ENG 366, Fall 2018)
The American dream was idealistically envisioned for all members of a society until some members decided to make it unachievable for select groups. It became unachievable through means of oppressing to maintain control and have no competition in regards to achievement. Oppression of various groups of individuals begins internally on a psychological level. It becomes external when the masses of society all hold a racial or gender discriminatory view and make decisions based upon that. Groups that were deemed restricted have to deal with barriers within social mobility and formal legalities such as laws specifically geared towards them. Major groups …